Unaccounted Ebola cases highlight access crisis in war-wracked DRC
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Nearly 300 Ebola-positive people are unaccounted for in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid conflict and displaced camps, hampering contact tracing as the outbreak expands; WHO modeling suggests thousands of cases in coming months and vaccines/treatment trials are set to begin, though funding remains short.
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